Pearl Harbor, 1941

1941

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Cotton

Overall: 36 x 37 in. ( 91.4 x 94 cm )

Gift of H. B. Lehman-Connor Co., Inc.

1942.489

DescriptionCotton hand-blocked yardage sample with an all over pattern commemorating Pearl Harbor; images of Army and Navy men, nurses, farmers and laborers, Uncle Sam, the dome of the White House, and the Japanese dropping bombs on Pearl Harbor; images divided by red and blue banners with an American bald eagle and palm fronds; printed in red, blue, grey and black on a white ground; two color swatches sewn to top.

Markingsprinted: in center in banners: "Pearl Harbor/ 1941" printed: along selvage: "'A LEHMAN-CONNOR HANDPRINT'/ Designed by Ollie Scott Butler"

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